- From: Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:04:18 +1100
- To: Sean Hayes <Sean.Hayes@microsoft.com>
- Cc: David Singer <singer@apple.com>, "janina@rednote.net" <janina@rednote.net>, John Foliot <john@foliot.ca>, "'xn--mlform-iua@målform.no'" <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>, "rubys@intertwingly.net" <rubys@intertwingly.net>, "laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com" <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>, "mjs@apple.com" <mjs@apple.com>, Paul Cotton <Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com>, "public-html-a11y@w3.org" <public-html-a11y@w3.org>, "public-html@w3.org" <public-html@w3.org>
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Sean Hayes <Sean.Hayes@microsoft.com> wrote: >>> Have a look at a very typical usage (where I, alas, can't watch the video): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17457845 . That image is just a better initial place-holder than the first frame - which hasn't been fetched yet, when the page loads. > > Good example. The image there is not in fact a frame from the video at all, although similar in theme and clearly from the same event. > > I think we have clearly established that at least some of the time there may be an image displayed which is distinct from the video content, and I don't see anyone arguing to remove the possibility of this distinction. > > Since we also all appear to agree that the idea here is to provide in text all of the information available visually, then there is a clear use case to allow the means to describe both parts *when they are distinct*, Being distinct resources does not mean they convey distinct information. Even if the image in David's example is not from the video (I can't confirm this either ;-), it still conveys the same information as a short text alternative for the video would. That's all that matters. Silvia.
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